Psychology South West

Psychology South West is a counselling, therapy and consultancy service run by Martin Morris. It is available to individuals seeking help for themselves as well as to clients referred by agencies (Go to: Psychological services). Located in an independent health centre in Liskeard, East Cornwall, the service is accessible from South/West Devon and Plymouth, as well as Cornwall.

Martin has extensive experience as a clinical psychologist and therapist, and an accessible and professional manner. He has specialist training in psychotherapies for many problems and for self-development. These areas include anxiety, panic & phobias, low mood & depression, bereavement & loss, the consequences of abuse, accident & post-trauma stress (PTSD), eating disorders, workplace stress, confidence and self esteem, relationship & sexuality issues. Research has shown that all these problems can be helped effectively - by someone trained in the relevant psychotherapeutic approaches, and in whom you, the client, feels confident. Counselling, psychotherapy and other forms of psychological help are effective - in resolving problems, improving quality of life and finding ways forward in life.

Counselling or ‘therapy’ (psychological treatment or help) may perhaps be unfamiliar to you - maybe you are wondering whether this may be right for you and your particular problems and issues. If you are interested in looking further, you may not know whom to approach. It can feel difficult to make an initial appointment. These pages are intended to provide you with initial information and to answer some questions.

Help for individuals

If you are interested in looking further, you can email me with any queries, or go ahead and arrange an introductory appointment. We can check whether I could help, what approach we might take and how many sessions. An initial half hour meeting is free of charge. You can consider in your own time whether to return for counselling or therapy. This is more like deciding to 'put your toes in the water' having checked it out first, rather than 'taking the plunge’!

Clients who return often feel helped within 2 – 3 further sessions. In this time, you can feel supported and understood, which can make a real difference. It is also usually enough time to understand why and how problems have developed. From this, we can think about ‘what next’ and about any further sessions?

For further information about how to make a start, via email and/or with an appointment, click: Appointments & locations

Psychological services

Psychology South West accepts referrals from individual healthcare practitioners and is a registered provider for independent healthcare agencies & insurance companies, organisations, and employee assistance schemes - including AxaPPP and BUPA. This is a comprehensive psychological service, including consultancy, personal injury assessment & recovery programmes, and medico-legal reports for insurers and solicitors. Psychology South West is accessible to residents of the southwest peninsular including Cornwall, Plymouth, and many towns in Devon, including Okehampton, Tavistock, Totnes, Ivybridge, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Liskeard, Looe, Torpoint, Launceston, Camelford, Bodmin, Fowey, St Austell, Wadebridge, Truro, Newquay & Camborne, (go to: Appointments & locations).

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